Laird: 199 books

Racial, ethnic and religious diversity requires social workers to safeguard children and support families from many different minority backgrounds. This innovative book is based on an analysis of Serious Case Reviews (Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews) involving issues of race, ethnicity and faith.  The...

G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and metaphysical explorations of life’s great questions. This book presents the first in-depth analysis...

Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) was—with his partner Manfred Lee—the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the renowned Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Queen—both a pen name and the fictional protagonist...

The Walk On is a three part story about Shawn Tanner. You will watch Shawn grow from boy to man. The reader will walk through the life of Shawn as he discovers his passions and loves; stars on the Gridiron and becomes a trusted friend. Shawn allows the reader to experience with him a determination in life. Overcoming life's obstacles, pitfalls and what it means to Walk On.

Ritchy Mikkelson receives word that the nun who took him in and raised him from infancy is on her death bed. Sister Agnes was trying to hold on in order to see Ritchy one final time. He needed to hurry though.While driving a Pennsylvania back road Ritchy has to swerve in order to avoid a collision...

This charming collection of short stories about vampires, zombies, ghosts, a muse, and a witch, is the first volume in this two-volume anthology in the Read on the Run series. There are some stories that will scare you, some that will make you a laugh, and some that might make you shed a tear or two.

There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics....

What if the American Revolution had never been fought? Or, what if, having won independence from Great Britain, the Constitutional Convention had failed to reach agreement? Or, what if John Kennedy had not been assassinated on that day in Dallas? What if Gerald For had not pardoned Richard Nixon?...

A Focus on Multiplication and Division is a groundbreaking effort to make mathematics education research readily accessible and understandable to pre- and in-service K–6 mathematics educators. Revealing students’ thought processes with extensive annotated samples of student work and vignettes...

Carrie and Grant have made the tough decision to start a new life ‘Down Under.’ They are living the dream with a pool and two happy boys. The only thing that Carrie cannot get used to is Christmas in the heat. She is used to the cold, biting winter Yuletide festivities of her youth and is homesick....

In the 28th century, the human race finds itself embroiled in a pitiless and ferocious life-or-death struggle with an alien race which is resolved to destroy them. The Ramassidors are not only malevolent, they are also highly advanced. There’s also something else about them, however. Concealed and...

Humankind has spread like roaches across the universe thanks to the technology provided by a benevolent race known as the Trinz. Little did they know of the greed of humanity. A few pure souls began to dream of a paradise called Killanti, a new world where life could begin again.Jenni dreams...

The Broadway musical has greatly influenced American (and world) culture. Such shows as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun are as 'American as apple pie,' while the long runs of imports like Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les MisZrables have broken records. Broadway has produced such cultural icons...

Sex was her play and sex was her work. Junia enjoyed her thrills tough and hard. She qualified! As an industrial espionage agent her dreams came true: business turned out to be sheer pleasure.